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Non-curricular approaches for increasing physical activity in youth: a reviewRussell Jago
Children s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Prev Med 39:157-63. 2004..To prevent obesity, the physical activity of youth should be increased. Since time for school physical education has declined and curricular interventions have had limited effects, alternative non-curriculum approaches need to be tested...
Relationship between physical activity and diet among African-American girlsRussell Jago
Children s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, 1100 Bates Street, Houston, TX 77030 2600, USA
Obes Res 12:55S-63S. 2004..To examine the cross-sectional relationships between physical activity and dietary behaviors among 8- to 10-year-old African-American girls...
Relationships between maternal and child cardiovascular risk factors: ethnic differences and lack of influence of physical activityRussell Jago
Children s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex 77030, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 158:1125-31. 2004..To obtain information about the relationship between cardiovascular and diabetic risk factors of mothers and their children and to determine whether these relationships differ by physical activity or ethnicity...
Physical activity and health enhancing dietary behaviors in young adults: Bogalusa Heart StudyRussell Jago
Department of Pediatrics, Children s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, 1100 Bates Street, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Prev Med 41:194-202. 2005..Obesity results from energy imbalance. This study used data from the Bogalusa Heart Study to examine relationships between the dietary and physical activity behaviors of young adults...
6-n-propylthiouracil taster status not related to reported cruciferous vegetable intake among ethnically diverse childrenTom Baranowski
Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, USDA ARS Children s Nutrition Research Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Nutr Res 31:594-600. 2011..The primary analyses included 347 students. 6-n-Propylthiouracil sensitivity was not related to intake of cruciferous vegetables. Intakes of the cruciferous vegetables were low, which may explain the lack of relationship...
Boy Scout 5-a-Day Badge: outcome results of a troop and Internet interventionDebbe Thompson
USDA ARS Children s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Houston, TX, USA
Prev Med 49:518-26. 2009....
Covariability in diet and physical activity in African-American girlsDeborah Thompson
Children s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
Obes Res 12:46S-54S. 2004..Our goal was to examine 12-week covariability in diet and physical activity changes among 8- to 10-year-old African-American girls and if these changes predicted percent change in BMI...
Psychosocial and demographic predictors of fruit, juice and vegetable consumption among 11-14-year-old Boy ScoutsM Shayne Gallaway
Houston Health Science Center, School of Public Health, The University of Texas at Houston, 1200 Hermann Pressler Drive, Suite E 627, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Public Health Nutr 10:1508-14. 2007..Psychosocial and demographic correlates of fruit, juice and vegetable (FJV) consumption were investigated to guide how to increase FJV intake...
Adolescent patterns of physical activity differences by gender, day, and time of dayRussell Jago
Children s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
Am J Prev Med 28:447-52. 2005..More information about the physical activity of adolescents is needed. This study used objective measurement to investigate differences in activity patterns related to gender, body mass index (BMI), day, and time of day...
6-n-Propylthiouracil sensitivity and obesity status among ethnically diverse childrenJanice C Baranowski
USDA ARS Children s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Public Health Nutr 13:1587-92. 2010..To examine the relationship of 6-n-propylthiouracil (PROP) sensitivity to BMI while statistically controlling for demographic characteristics in two age groups of children: 9-10 years and 17-18 years (n 1551)...
Innovative application of a multidimensional item response model in assessing the influence of social desirability on the pseudo-relationship between self-efficacy and behaviorKathy Watson
Department of Pediatrics, Children s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, 1100 Bates Street, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Health Educ Res 21:i85-97. 2006..However, as shown in the observed sample, more research is needed to understand the influence of SocD on the relationship between self-efficacy and behaviors for different populations and for different degrees of SocD response bias...
Observed environmental features and the physical activity of adolescent malesRussell Jago
Children s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
Am J Prev Med 29:98-104. 2005..It has recently been reported that adult physical activity was associated with environmental features. The aim of this study was to determine whether environmental features were associated with physical activity among male adolescents...
Engaging parents to increase youth physical activity a systematic reviewTeresia M O'Connor
U S Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Children s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
Am J Prev Med 37:141-9. 2009..Parents are often involved in interventions to engage youth in physical activity, but it is not clear which methods for involving parents are effective...
Understanding the mechanisms of change in children's physical activity programsTom Baranowski
Children s Nutrition Research Center, USDA ARS, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030 2600, USA
Exerc Sport Sci Rev 33:163-8. 2005..Using the model to design and evaluate interventions could result in a greater understanding of the mechanisms of children's physical activity behavior change and how to tailor programs to them...
Pedometer reliability, validity and daily activity targets among 10- to 15-year-old boysRussell Jago
Department of Exercise and Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
J Sports Sci 24:241-51. 2006..In conclusion, the pedometers provided an accurate assessment of adolescent physical activity, and a conservative estimate of 8000 pedometer counts in 60 min is equivalent to 60 min of moderate to vigorous physical activity...
Fit for Life Boy Scout badge: outcome evaluation of a troop and Internet interventionRussell Jago
Department of Exercise and Health Sciences, Centre for Sport, Exercise and Health, University of Bristol, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TP, UK
Prev Med 42:181-7. 2006..This study reports the results of a 9-week intervention on the physical activity levels of adolescent males...
Social desirability is associated with some physical activity, psychosocial variables and sedentary behavior but not self-reported physical activity among adolescent malesRussell Jago
1Department of Exercise and Health Sciences, Centre for Sport, Exercise and Health, University of Bristol, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TP, UK
Health Educ Res 22:438-49. 2007..158) with self-reported sedentary behavior. Differences in the strength of relationships between self-reported and objectively measured physical activity and psychosocial variables were not a function of social desirability...
Effect of 4 weeks of Pilates on the body composition of young girlsRussell Jago
Department of Exercise and Health Sciences, Centre for Sport, Exercise and Health, University of Bristol, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TP, UK
Prev Med 42:177-80. 2006..There is a need to find ways to increase the physical activity levels and improve the body composition and blood pressure of girls...
Fruit and vegetable availability: a micro environmental mediating variable?Russell Jago
Department of Exercise, Nutrition and Health Sciences, Centre for Exercise and Health, University of Bristol, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TP, UK
Public Health Nutr 10:681-9. 2007..To examine the association between fruit and vegetable (F&V) availability and consumption, the possible influences on this association, research gaps, and implications for developing strategies to increase F&V consumption...
Obesity in children. Part 2: Prevention and managementRuth R Kipping
Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol
BMJ 337:a1848. 2008
Obesity in children. Part 1: Epidemiology, measurement, risk factors, and screeningRuth R Kipping
Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 2PS
BMJ 337:a1824. 2008
Prevalence of abnormal lipid and blood pressure values among an ethnically diverse population of eighth-grade adolescents and screening implicationsRussell Jago
Department of Exercise and Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
Pediatrics 117:2065-73. 2006..Our goal was to report the prevalence of elevated blood pressure and lipid levels among eighth-grade adolescents from 3 US locations and differences by gender, ethnicity, and overweight percentile group...
Decision boundaries and receiver operating characteristic curves: new methods for determining accelerometer cutpointsRussell Jago
Department of Exercise, Nutrition and Health Sciences, Centre for Exercise and Sport, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
J Sports Sci 25:937-44. 2007..Applying these methods to accelerometer data collected in specific populations will improve the precision with which accelerometer thresholds can be identified...
Observed, GIS, and self-reported environmental features and adolescent physical activityRussell Jago
Department of Exercise and Health Sciences, Centre for Sport, Exercise and Health, University of Bristol, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TP, United Kingdom
Am J Health Promot 20:422-8. 2006..Examine associations among observed, self-reported, and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) environmental features and physical activity among adolescent males...
